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    Posted: October 12 2023 at 10:14

If to take it more seriously, which are your favourite albums of Progressive "solo" artists?
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Miles Davis  (USA)  -  Bitches Brew  (1970)

Edgar Froese  (D)  -  Ypsilon in Malaysian Pale  (1975)

Marek Grechuta / Anawa  (PL)  -  Korowód  (1971)

Steve Hackett  (UK)  -  Voyage of the Acolyte   (1975)

Bo Hansson  (S)  -  Sagan om Ringen   (1970)

Michael Hoenig (D) - Departure From The Northern Wasteland   (1978)

Jean Michel Jarre  (F)  -  Oxygene   (1976)

Osamu Kitajima  (J)  -  Benzaiten   (1976)

Erkin Koray  (TRK)  -  Elektronik Türkuler  (1974)

Czesław Niemen  (PL)  -  Enigmatic   (1970)

Mike Oldfield  (UK)  -  Ommadawn  (the Boxed version, 1976)

Jean-Luc Ponty  (F)  -  Upon the Wings of Music  (1975)

Jukka Tolonen  (FIN)  -  A Passenger to Paramaribo  (1977)

Rick Wakeman  (UK) - The Six Wives of Henry VIII  (1973)

Stomu Yamashta  (J) -  Raindog  (1975) 

Dhafer Youssef  (Tunisia)  -  Electric Sufi   (2001)

Frank Zappa  (USA)  -  Hot Rats  (1969) 


Enjoy it!  Smile



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Peter Hammill - pH7
Peter Hammill - Sitting Targets
Snakefinger - Greener Postures
Snakefinger - Manual of Errors
Bill Bruford - One of a Kind
Jean-Luc Ponty - Imaginary Voyage
Stanley Clarke - Journey to Love
Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy
Peter Gabriel - 3 (Melt)
Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow
Fred Frith - Gravity
 

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^ Three more recent additions to my collection are:
 
Hermann Szobel - Szobel
Pekka Pohjola - Visitation
David Axelrod - Song of Innocence
 

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Nice tread, David. I'm eager to see many responses. Here's some...

Allan Holdsworth - I.O.U., but really all his solo material, minus "Flat Tire".
Pat Metheny - From This Place and Secret Story.
Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo
Mike Keneally - Hat
Wippy Bonstack - 22
Hiromi - Spark
Marco Minnemann - Their Colors Fade
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, ATrue Star
Adrian Belew - Lone Rhino
Antoine Fafard - Proto Mundi
Plini - Impulse Voices
Owane - Yeah Whatever
Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy
Alex Machacek - 24 Tales
Matteo Mancuso - The Journey
Dewa Budjana - Mahadini
Bryan Beller - Thanks in Advance
Jean-Luc Ponty - Enigmatic Ocean
Mattias Eklundh - Freak Guitar The Smorgasbord
Mats Öberg - Visa från Inneröra
The Psychedelic Ensemble - The Tale of the Golden King
Virgil Donati - In This Life
Chick Corea - The Ultimate Adventure
Bill Bruford's Earthworks - s/t
Steven Wilson - The Raven...
Richard Henshall - The Cocoon
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Grumpyprogfan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 12 2023 at 14:07
Originally posted by I prophesy disaster I prophesy disaster wrote:

Bill Bruford - One of a Kind
One of my favorite albums but Bruford was not a solo project.
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This is the kind of open-ended list that I'll file under "There are so many  favourite albums that I don't even know where to begin". Maybe I'll do an alphabetical list, choosing one genre and one country, then at least there'll be no more than 25 albums, bearing in mind I don't know any solo artists beginning with the letter "X" - not unless I include Xavier Phideaux in my list. Smile

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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Nice thread, David. I'm eager to see many responses. Here's some...

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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

This is the kind of open-ended list that I'll file under "There are so many  favourite albums that I don't even know where to begin". Maybe I'll do an alphabetical list, choosing one genre and one country, then at least there'll be no more than 25 albums, bearing in mind I don't know any solo artists beginning with the letter "X" - not unless I include Xavier Phideaux in my list. Smile

I've imagined that. Smile

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote presdoug Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 12 2023 at 15:30
These are pretty obscure and under the radar, but mean a lot just the same....

Helmut Koellen-You Won't See Me

Eddy Marron-Por Marco

Peter Giger-Family Of Percussion (1975)

John Gustafson-Goose Grease

Klaus Schulze-Moondawn and Mirage

Edgar Froese-Aqua


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No order and I'm sure I've forgotten plenty:

Miles Davis - Big Fun
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
Herbie Hancock - Crossings
Klaus Schulze - Mirage
Vangelis - The Dragon
Peter Hammill - The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage
Roy Harper - Stormcock
Bo Hansson - Ur Trollkarlens Hatt
Linda Perhacs - Parallellograms
Chick Corea - Return to Forever
Frank Zappa - Waka/Jawaka
Terje Rypdal - St.
Brian Eno - Another Green World
Susanne Sundfør - Music For People In Trouble
Björn J:son Lindh - Cous Cous
Joe Farrell - Moon Germs
John G. Perry - Sunset Wading
Santana (if he counts) - Caravanserai
Wayne Shorter - Odyssey Of Iska
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

and I'm sure I've forgotten plenty:

Igor Wakhevitch - Docteur Faust
Zanov - Green Ray
Jean Claude Vannier - L'Enfant Assassin
Alain Goraguer - La Planete Sauvage
Rabih Abou-Khalil - Al-Jadida
Stomu Yamashta - Come to the Edge/ Floating Music
Fabio Frizzi - L'aldilà

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I'll go favourite and one honourable mention

Steve Hackett - At The Edge Of Light (Voyage of the Acolyte)
Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn (Incantations)
Rick Wakeman - Six Wives of Henry VIII (Criminal Record)
Vangelis - Heaven and Hell (El Greco)
Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love (Aerial)
Jean Michel Jarre - Rendez-Vous (Magnetic Fields)
Keith Emerson - Changing States (Nighthawks)
Edgar Froese - Epsilon in Malaysian Pale (Stuntman)
Al Stewart - Last Days Of The Century (Past, Present and Future)
Peter Gabriel - Car (Melt)



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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Stomu Yamashta - Come to the Edge/ Floating Music

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A-Z List of Favourite Solo British Prog Albums  (one album per artist) 

5 stars 2018: Peter Banks - Be Well, Be Safe, Be Lucky: The Anthology - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kLwuSwKHW3vlDyyyw1sElO6M60ShCpHGE
5 stars 1979: Tony Banks - A Curious Feeling - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFw9T7CQUi4
5 stars 1970: Peter Bardens - The Answer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv5Xfg94T3E
5 stars 1987: Geoff Downes - The Light Program - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F21GrmhReu0
5 stars 2011: Sean Filkins - War and Peace & Other Short Stories
5 stars 2006: David Gilmour - On an Island - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF2B66E628C8407CC
5 stars 2013: Robert John Godfrey - The Art of Melody - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpL0_Fd5d0vkqk5Fvy88_idi
5 stars 1975: Annie Haslam - Still Life (with Louis Clark) 
5 stars 1973: Ken Hensley - Proud Words on a Dusty Shelf - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_keNEV6L1KU8YFfo40oB4bCTANhI5xxHzI
5 stars 2007: Iain Jennings' Breathing Space - Coming Up for Air - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m-k1G3-5l988MDK_6ixN0gjIPx7MuQxOw
5 stars 1997: Greg Lake - From the Beginning: Retrospective - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtDjlZFDvvQ-THExFc8UpCb
5 stars 2012: Francis Lickerish - Far and Forgot: From the Lost Lands - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kq-pjlZUbHbWHat5VafAgRa4jb9t9rILI
5 stars 1999: Nick Magnus - Inhaling Green 
5 stars 1975: Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlNi-zZF6wI
5 stars 1977: Anthony Phillips - The Geese and the Ghost - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lgdg15vMyGQO3dBj0h075-2csAyvKeowI
5 stars 2004: Rain - Cerulean Blue - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ezWAovjzEM
5 stars 1973: Julian Jay Savarin - Waiters on the Dance - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuTzHnSGSwU
5 stars 1985: Mark Shreeve - Legion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCYLb5e2jX8
5 stars 2018: Michael Alan Taylor - Avalonia (The Sonnets of Guinevere) - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lXkEL6wWKJh_UyirC6BwLqdd_2IAyJdUs
5 stars 1975: Ray Thomas - From Mighty Oaks - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL389D2AC32F633A8F
5 stars 2013: Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_minQ5ExLHbNcf5SgPBbPt0rCgNh7eMEVU
5 stars 2009: Woolly Wolstenholme & Maestoso - Uneasy Listening - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mS--foGRmQujWGvy2tpkDMUIjX9F_xwhQ
5 stars 1978: Richard Wright - Wet Dream - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2bzxFcdQic

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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

A-Z List of Favourite Solo British Prog Albums  (one album per artist) 

I can't say, I'm not overwhelmed, and I wonder if your lists will grow bigger and bigger, Paul. Big smile
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

A-Z List of Favourite Solo British Prog Albums  (one album per artist) 

I can't say, I'm not overwhelmed, and I wonder if your lists will grow bigger and bigger, Paul. Big smile
That's a short list by my standards. I have longer lists than that for Rick Wakeman and Tangerine Dream's albums alone. Tongue

It's just as well I didn't include all of my 4-star favourites too, or my list would've been at least five times as long. Wink
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Roy Harper - Stormcock
Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe
Pekka Pohjola - Keesojen Lehto
Klaus Schulze - X
Simon Steensland - Fat Again
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom

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Steve Hackett - Please Don't Touch
Mike Oldfield - Amarok
Anthony Phillips - Wise After the Event
Mike Rutherford - Smallcreep's Day
Tony Banks - The Fugitive
Steve Howe - Quantum Guitar
Peter Gabriel - III (Melt)
Roger Hodgson - In the Eye of the Storm
John Wetton - Battle Lines
Rick Wakeman - Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Chris Squire - Fish Out of Water
Trevor Rabin - Can't Look Away
Geoff Downes - The Light Program
Jon Anderson - Change We Must
Billy Currie - Transportation (not on PA, but should be).
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:


Miles Davis  (USA)  -  Bitches Brew  (1970)

Edgar Froese  (D)  -  Ypsilon in Malaysian Pale  (1975)

Steve Hackett  (UK)  -  Voyage of the Acolyte   (1975)

Bo Hansson  (S)  -  Sagan om Ringen   (1970)

Michael Hoenig  (D)  -  Departure From The Northern Wasteland   (1978)

Jean Michel Jarre  (F)  -  Oxygene   (1976)

Mike Oldfield  (UK)  -  Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge, Ommadawn  ('73-'75)

Jean-Luc Ponty  (F)  -  Upon the Wings of Music  (1975)

Jukka Tolonen  (FIN)  -  A Passenger to Paramaribo  (1977)

Rick Wakeman  (UK) - The Six Wives, No Earthly Connection ('73, '76)

Stomu Yamashta  (J) -  Raindog  (1975) 

Frank Zappa  (USA)  -  Hot Rats  (1969) 


Enjoy it!  Smile


Hi,

These and many more have been a part of my collection for many years ... I would like to include more, like Holger Czukay for many satisfying albums. Peter Michael Hamel has some far out stuff, despite his writing work being somewhat ... off center due to his "intellectual" musings. Masayoshi Takanaka did a lot after the original SMB, and ended up being better known for a "jazzy" style, which the band had anyway! Yu Imai played with SMB and had 2 solo albums ... that are impossible to get and if so, their cost is astronomical as are so many of the Japanese imports ... any American company could reissue these things and make more than nothing from these things ... but it is likely that the Japanese are not allowing the licensing and not enough of the Japanese folks have licenses internationally, which hurts their music! Kitaro, was originally from the Far East Family Band, whose albums are neat! Kitaro is also neat, were it not for his association with "new age" even though he was there way BEFORE the so-called "new age". 

Vangelis, of course, was originally from Aphrodite's Child, though the inclusion into PA would only fit one album, their last ... but also ...AND MOST IMPORTANTLY ... one of the first from the FATHER of Progressive Rock music ... Mr. Gomelsky whose discography is something that even PA can  not process to add his name to the list of Progressive Dignitaries ... he is an immense figure that stands out for having the ear to bring many folks together and work music!

Anthony Phillips deserves to be listed, although I'm not sure anyone would consider his material "progressive". But his immense library of work for TV, Film and otherwise, is incredible and more often than not a magnificent listen.


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^ Thanks for this interesting post of yours, Mosh.
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